A month ago, city leaders voted not to add bike lanes or to reduce traffic lanes on Hubbell Avenue. Still worried about too many crashes in the area, leaders came up with a plan B.

The new plan is to keep the center turn lane and reduce two lanes of traffic in each direction to just one lane in each direction.

"Our goal here is to do nothing more than to make the streets safer, to reduce the number of accidents, and we think there is great virtue in trying to do that," said City Manager Rick Clark.

Clark said most of the $220,000 cost would be paid by the Iowa Department of Transportation.

Second Ward Councilman Bob Mahaffey voted against the first plan to slow down traffic on Hubbell Avenue. He said he's willing to try again if residents in the area approve a lane change trial program -- one that would be scrapped if it doesn't work.

"I'm not one to say we shouldn't take a trial and bring it back to the neighborhood," Mahaffey said.

Only one neighbor spoke out at City Hall against the new lane change plan, but he said he represents the majority.

"We the people say 'no' to this project, and we hope you'll respect our decision as a council," said resident Dave Edwards.

NewsChannel8 asked another Eastsider about the new plan.

"That is a terrible idea, because traffic is going to get backed up," said resident Greg Lamberti.

If Hubbell Avenue area residents approve, the city would paint temporary lines for the new, slower lanes next spring, try it for a year and make it permanent if people like the change or remove them if people don't like it.

This is similar to what took place on Ingersoll Avenue. After a test, leaders decided to keep the reduced lanes. But Ingersoll Avenue has bike lanes, and under the new plan, Hubbell Avenue would not.

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